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...just joking, seriously.
I spent the past couple of days in the big hills looking for bear sign and a hot spot to hunt next weekend.
For the most part, I found that the acorns and climbing sign (broken tree limbs in the trees, green branches on the ground and scratch marks up the tree trunks) were scarce. I did notice lots of dug out yellow jackets nests, which I figure are more numerous because of the lack of acorns. Most of those we're still very active with mad yellow jackets. I'm guessing that is a sign that they are fairly fresh; definitely not last year's...
I did find some scattered acorns at a couple of different spots around 2000-2200 feet. One of the spots was definitely showing chewing sign with a lot of chewed-up husks and fresh broken acorn tops on the ground. The trees above those still showed no signs of climbing that I could see, but I have to believe the bears were in the air because the acorns aren't falling yet and most of those on the ground were chewed.
From the truck, I knew I was in a good area when I saw this!
The spot with the chewed-up acorns had scat around that was both older and fresh.
Today, I went back to the same area to see if I could make my way down the other side of the mountain in order to have two possible routes of entry. On my way down, I found this about a hundred yards up in the woods from the other Road and a couple of campsites there.
What could have happened here?
Somebody is missing their Country Crock butter...
Even though the sign was fairly sparse, I have two or three areas picked out to hunt and one then I will definitely try first, and hope to be the first one on that hill!
Looking forward to next weekend! I'll have to keep it to a 2-day hunt as I have a doctor's appointment on Monday. ?
For the most part, I found that the acorns and climbing sign (broken tree limbs in the trees, green branches on the ground and scratch marks up the tree trunks) were scarce. I did notice lots of dug out yellow jackets nests, which I figure are more numerous because of the lack of acorns. Most of those we're still very active with mad yellow jackets. I'm guessing that is a sign that they are fairly fresh; definitely not last year's...
I did find some scattered acorns at a couple of different spots around 2000-2200 feet. One of the spots was definitely showing chewing sign with a lot of chewed-up husks and fresh broken acorn tops on the ground. The trees above those still showed no signs of climbing that I could see, but I have to believe the bears were in the air because the acorns aren't falling yet and most of those on the ground were chewed.
From the truck, I knew I was in a good area when I saw this!
The spot with the chewed-up acorns had scat around that was both older and fresh.
Today, I went back to the same area to see if I could make my way down the other side of the mountain in order to have two possible routes of entry. On my way down, I found this about a hundred yards up in the woods from the other Road and a couple of campsites there.
What could have happened here?
Somebody is missing their Country Crock butter...
Even though the sign was fairly sparse, I have two or three areas picked out to hunt and one then I will definitely try first, and hope to be the first one on that hill!
Looking forward to next weekend! I'll have to keep it to a 2-day hunt as I have a doctor's appointment on Monday. ?